ISM Workshop

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Independent Oversight Perspectives

Michael A. KilpatrickDeputy Director

Office of Security and Safety Performance Assurance

Presentation Outline

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• Work Planning and Control

• Essential Safety Systems

• Feedback and Improvement

• Worker Safety and Health (10 CFR 851)

• Measuring and Monitoring ISM

• Role of DOE’s National Training Center

Work Planning and Control

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• Defining Work

• Procedure Compliance – workers are willing to comply with all identified requirements

• Increased managers’, supervisors’, and workers’ willingness to perform self-assessments

Positive Attributes

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• Hazard Analysis – Not conducted on all hazards.

• Controls – Not clearly specified in work documents, Not adequately integrated into work instructions or procedures.

• Feedback and Improvement – post-job reviews not effectively performed, no mechanisms to capture improvements in future work.

Work Planning and Control

Weaknesses

Essential Safety Systems

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• Most Systems have a Robust Design

• Configuration Management Improvements

• Conduct of Surveillances

• Material Condition

• Operators and Procedures

Positive Attributes

Essential Safety Systems

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• Rigor and Attention to Detail in Design

• Configuration Management Implementation

• Seismic Evaluations

• Comprehensiveness of Surveillances

• Some Aspects of Maintenance and Procurement

Weaknesses

Feedback and Improvement

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• DOE Line Oversight– Lack of Focus on Performance– Inadequate Data Management

• Contractor Assurance Systems– Improving process– Insufficient Rigor in Implementation

Feedback and Improvement

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• DOE Line – Lack of Infrastructure, Attention, Accountability

• Contractors– Some Improvement – Single Systems– Significant Attention is Applied to Big Items

However Sustainability is Lacking– Lower Level Items, Precursors not Being

Addressed

Issues Management

DOE Policy and Order 226.1

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• Fulfills a need for a comprehensive framework for integrated management and a strategic approach to selecting oversight activities (not necessarily more assessments)

• Focus area for 2006 oversight inspections

• Initial indications are that current efforts have not been focused or systematic

Worker Safety andHealth Rule (10 CFR 851)

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• 2006 Focus Area – Workplace Monitoring

• Implementation Challenges– Site Specific Plans– Regulatory Environment– Subcontractors– Workplace monitoring

Measuring and Monitoring ISM

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• Need to focus on data gathering and analysis for areas in need of improvement

– Work Control– Engineering Design– Configuration Management– Feedback and Improvement

Role of DOE’s National Training Center

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• More Rigorous Training/Certification for Department Oversight Personnel

• Training and Mentoring on DOE 226.1 Policy and Order

• Assessment Techniques/Root Cause

• New Worker Safety Rule